Manifolding book



Nov. 19, 1929. E. K. BOTTLE MANIFOLDING B0014 Filed April 7, 192s INVENTOR W I M ATTORNEY EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, or Erin-IRA, new, roux, Assreiton To AMERICAN sates BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, or renonrogonrenro,cansnsys'oonsonnrron or ONTARIO Mienmomrne'nooK Application filed s in 7,1923. Serial No. $20,579.

This invention relates to an improvement in 'manifolding books and with respectto its more specific features-to three-copy books.

Anobject of the invention is to provide a inanifolding book wherein three copies may be simultaneously made, one of which is opaque and may be retained in the book, the others-adapted to be detached and removed.

Another object is toprovide a book of the character specified, wherein all of the leaves are'opaque, one adapted to be retained in the book,and the others'to' be detached. 7

Another object is to provide a book of the character specifiedywherein by means of two single faced transfer 'leavesthre'e copies may be made, all opaque, andone adapted to be retained in the book. I 7

Other objects of the invention will be in part-obvious and will i'n' part appear hereinafter. v e i s The invention accordingly comprises an artic'le of manufacture possessing-the features,

' arooerties and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter descrlbed and the scope of the applicatien ofwhich Wlil be indicatedin the 'CLlHlS.

' Fora fuller understanding of t henature and'obiects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View or" the improved book,

Fig. 2 is a side View of a portion of the book. V

This invention is an improvement on a prior invention of Bottle and Yerkes, under Patent No. 1,18%716.

that invention, two pads of sheets are are ranged in position to have the sheets inter leaved with each other, the one havins a Lfl transfer sheet mounted upon the end of the pad. The sheets of the other pad are of tissue. The book is intended to make two opaque and one tissue copy of a record by'insorting a tissue superposed upon the carbon between the first and second sheets oi the opaque pad.

With such a book, the pad of auxiliary.

leaves which is intended as the permanent re- In accordance with makes its record upon the under face of the auxiliary sh et and leaves a tissue record in the book with the writing upon the reverse side; a Formany purposes, it is desirable'that the permanently bound record shall be of opaque leaves, and'preferably of opaque leaves-carrying the original record. In accordance -with" the present invention, a book is produced whichis capable of making three copies, all offwhichmay beuponjiopaque paper, and by reason'of the 'factth'at the auxiliary pad is of. opaque paper, the be nanent record is therefore in durabie and easil le ible forin. Furthermore tlie boolc may be constructed in such a manner that the original Ire'cordvmay be inade upon {the sheet from the auxiliary pad, whichiis to fo i n; the perinane ltly bound record. i The present embodiment of the vinvention is shown in: connection with a cover comp'ris+ ing a bo'dyor back- 1, and a front or cover v portion 2, connected to the body tor, back by 1 afle-Xible'hinge connectionl3, fAnel-on'ga'tcd loop 4 is supportedby the bac'lr' 'l adjacent to the hinge, the; loop having one of its side Y members journaled in'abearing sleeve 5 form ing apart of the back.=" The improved boeli is coniposed'of two pads, oneipadconsi sting of record leaves 6, which are bound at one end, as indicated at 7jto' asupport, in the present instance astrip of cardboard 8. i The leaves maybe bound to thebacking 8 in any suitable or desired manner, as for instance staples, and to the opposite face or the backing from the leaves a tongue 9 of paper-board is bound, the tongue being adapted to engage the loop4,to connect the pad to the holder.

-A second pad isconnected with the sup portor backing 8. This second pad is composed of sets of leaves, each set comprising 7 a leaf 10 and a leaf 11, the said-leaves being integral and. having between them a weakened line 12, to facilitate the detachmentofthe leaves from each other. The

I leaves 10 are bound together, by any suitable binding means, as for instance staples 13, and to a support or backing 14: of cardboard or the like. That end of the support 14 re mote from the binding is connected to the end of the support 8 remote from the binding 7, by a hinge connection indicated at 15, and in the present instance a strip of flexible material is used, which is pasted to both'backings. With this arrangement the second pad comprising the leaves 10 and 11,

I may be swung upwardly away from the backing 8, to permit used leaves 6 to be placed beneath the second pad.

Transfer leaves 16 and 17 are provided,

the said leaves being bound with the leaves 10 of the sets at the top of the pad, and one of the transfer leaves 17 is adapted to be inserted between the leaves 10 and 11 of v the sets, while the other transfer leaf is adapted to be interposed between the topmost set and a leaf 6. Any suitable form or arrangement of lines and printed matter may be provided on the leaves, andin use the leaves 6 are the orginals, and are retained in the book as a permanent record. Each of the leaves 10is provided near the binding with a weakened line 18 for facilitating the separation of the said leaf from the binding;

' In using the-improved book, when it is desired'to make a record, the book is opened, and all of, the leaves 6 are turned backward into the position of Fig. 1. By means of a pencil or the like which maybe inserted in a notch at-the edge of the transfer leaf -16v adjacent to the binding, the transfer leaf may be turned back on the leaves 6, without the necessity for touchingthe transfer leaf. The leaf 11 of the topmost set is now turned downward, and the transfer leaf17isplaced 'on the leaf 10 of the set, after which the 1 leaf 11 is turned back upon the transfer leaf.- Thetr ansfer leaf-16-isnow dropped down,

and the adjacent leaf 6 is swung downupon the transfer leaf, as shown in Fig. 1. After the record has been made, the secondpad,

that is the pad constituted by the leaves 10-11 ;is swung away from the backing 8,

and the used leaf 6 is permitted to drop- .down upon the backing, after which the second pad is turned down upon the-used leaf.

The book is now ready for another record.

,Each of the leaves 6 has a weakened line indicated at 19adjacent to the binding 7, to facilitate the detachment of the, leaf if desired. I

Since certain changes niay bemade in the above article and difierent embodiments of 7 the invention could be made Without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense, I v

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is c 1. A manifolding book including, vin com bination, a pad of original, record leaves, a second pad of sets of record leaves, and common means for supporting said pads with the boundends extending in the same direction, and with bound end of the first mentioned pad extending beyond the bound end of the other pad, each of said sets of record the upper leaf thereof whereby said original j record leaves may be superposed upon the second transfer sheet. I

2. A manifolding book including, in combination, a pad of sets of record leaves, each of said sets consisting only of a leaf bound at one end thereof into the pad and a second leaf carried by the free end of the first leaf and having its free end extending backwardly toward the bound end of the pad, and tWo transfer sheets bound into said pad at the same end thereof as the binding of said record leaves, one transfer sheet positioned for insertion between the leaves of a set and the second transfer leaf positionedfor superposition upon the upper leaf of a set. In testimony whereof'I afiix my signature.

EDWARD KIRBYBOTTLE. 

